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Excerpt taken from Thudfactor.com with permission. Read the whole article here. Thud said my thoughts better than I could. So dig it and get where I am coming from.

Obama recently said something about autism and vaccinations:

Weâ€™ve seen just a skyrocketing autism rate. Some people are suspicious that itâ€™s connected to the vaccines. This person included. The science right now is inconclusive, but we have to research it. [Â Washington PostÂ ]

According to the Obama campaign, â€œthis personâ€ refers to someone in the crowd who asked a question about autism, not Obama himself. But regardless, weâ€™ve had to endure another round of â€œpeople who doubt vaccines are irresponsible superstitious nutjobsâ€ posts from people who ought to know better.

I say they ought to know better because they are liberal bloggers who have often written about the gross failures of this administration, particularly in health care and regulatory roles. Letâ€™s go over the narrative again:

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The FDA is underfunded, understaffed, mismanaged, and rushed.

The CDC is underfunded and rushed

The Bush administration often pressures government researchers to give the answers it wants

The Bush administration often suppresses research it deems damaging to its own interests and those of corporate friends.

Health care is primarily run for profit in this country.

Medical pregnancy care is rife with dangerous advice, contradictory advice, and procedures done for legal cover and physician convenience, not the best interests of the patient.

For the past couple weeks (and for the next few months) I have been working as a contractor to my ex-contractor once or twice a week at my past employer. It’s good money. It’s easy work. I get to ride the train. And during the “design” stages of the studio build-out, it simply makes sense as I am not really needed physically as much. It will also pay for this.

However, I was pretty grossed out at work yesterday. There are a few secretaries in the office. Some do certain things. Others the other things. Many do nothing. (Remember this is your hard earned tax dollars!) But there is this one that had her head bent over and her hair laid out on her desk and she was brushing it. And then she was looking at her desk as if she was cleaning her hair or something and looking at the remains. What’s odd is it doesn’t look like she brushes her hair often. I am dumbfounded. You gotta love government lackeys.